Is it a sin to collect misaki photos? I know that jesus says don't look at women with lust...

I've never planned on living farther than the current day
I have no more interest in bettering myself materially because of my deep disgust for human behavior
I see no possibility of loving humanity or being loved by humans see: >>728914
I've only been embittered by the responses I've gotten about this, both in person and online. The deviance in this kind of love is obvious, but so many are mockingly callous that I loathe to call them anything but stranger. I don't ask for tolerance, I don't ask for concession, I only ask for advice moving forward in trying to live a more Christlike life seeing this as something that needs addressing, but all that I ever receive is canned responses that hold no value. That seems to be how all sins and strife are addressed these days

You are dishonoring your wife or future wife by collecting these animes.

We "canned" them because they worked. If anything, they should be repeated more, but people are becoming afraid of doing so because of reactions that actually are a lot like this one.

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internet is going next because i can't stop looking at porn. i have no friends and no social interaction (outside of "peace be with you" at Mass) aside from the chans. it's gonna be very lonely bros. a-at least i'll still have my squats and deads…

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Honestly, it really is that simple.

A big part of the issue of those with waifuism is that, whether it is a personality disposition, or subconscious brainwashing via modern pop-culture, the ultimate root of it all is this subconscious belief: "I absolutely must have a girlfriend/wife/get laid/etc. or else I am an incomplete loser." It is this deeply embedded belief that drives you to the point where you seek relief from the shame of not fulfilling this goal by forming an emotional bond with a fictional character to put a band-aid on this wound.

Nevertheless, a band-aid is what it ultimately
is, in terms of healing your deeper wounds.
Growing past this embedded mentality is the ultimate key to overcoming waifuism and living a more Christ-like life. However, I'm willing to bet that if you didn't already know this on a conscious level, you more than likely already knew it on a subconscious level. So you know what the problem is: how do you overcome it? God willing, I'll try to describe my own experience in overcoming the "I must have a girlfriend" mentality, to the best of my ability, and hope you gain something out of it.

1) Witnessing/experiencing firsthand that getting a wife/girlfriend/etc. is not the panacea for your life that it's made out to be. I had one friend and have another friend who both went through a "I must have a wife/girlfriend" phase, and literally threw themselves at any girl who would take them. In a classic case of "be careful what you wish for, they both ended up in abusive toxic relationships because of the lack of respect for themselves which lead to a lack of standards in their relationships. They tried to use women to fix the damage in their lives, and ended up with equally damaged women. One of them had an annulment IIRC, and now his second marriage is heading towards divorce.

There's also the case of my best friend since 2nd grade: has an objectively cute wife that he's been happily married to for a few years now. Has a child; dog; cat; their own house; a job; materially and financially well off. He's pretty much the epitome of the kind've normal well adjusted person that you might be fantasizing about becoming. He's also not completely happy. He has a job, but it's basically a county-level government job that pays the bills, but does not fulfill him or make him feel like he's living to his fullest potential. When I try to give him advice on what he want to do, he makes excuses that boils down to "I'm trapped because of wife, kids, etc." But he still finds time for video games, entertainment, taking trips etc. Yet all of this is to try to fill that void. Having a woman in your life is nice, but as a man, if you don't have a fulfilling mission/vocation in life, a woman/family is not going to make you happy.

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2) Put getting a woman on the back-burner to focus on your mission. I've been in a position for awhile now where asking a woman out is pointless. Thus, I've put getting a woman on the back-burner in my life and have thrown my focus into getting through college and readying myself to be competent and hire-able at my dream vocation. My life has basically been: working on school work and other matters (business research, practice, etc.) to train for my vocation; church and church fellowship; studying the Bible, Christian books, and prayer; exercise; hanging out with friends occasionally; and that's about it. When you get into a routine like this, a funny thing happens: firstly, your thirstiness for female companionship starts fading away until it's gone; secondly, ironically women take notice of this: they can pick up on the fact that you're a focused man with a mission who doesn't need them to validate you like a bloodhound picks up blood. Also, just getting out of your comfort zone and pushing yourself to be a little more social than usual will help in this process.

3) Get therapy. Like me, more than likely you have some deep emotional/psychological wounds that need healing: whether it be from bullying; alienation due to feeling or being treated different or being misunderstood; abusive parent(s) or something similar; or perhaps even chemical level clinical depression that requires meds. Regardless, just as you would go to a doctor for a broken arm or infected respiratory system, you go to a doctor for a broken spirit or an infected psyche.

Remember, don't just settle for the first therapist who'll take you in: act like a boss, and the therapist is an employee you are interviewing for the most important job at You Inc.: healing your mental and emotional scars. Try to go for a psychotherapist with a PHD if possible, or that at least has training and experience in actionable and structured therapy.

For example: if you ask them about specific steps and actions and structures concerning how they're going to make you better, and the answer with some malarkey like "It's a process" and the therapy is basically the two of you talking a lot, kick 'em to the curb. At best, you've got someone on your hands who doesn't know they're doing and might as well be a glorified best friend whom you pay to talk about your problems with. At worst, they're a quack taking you for a ride. Either way, all the talky talk will make you feel better for awhile during the "process." But after the therapy's done and you're not talking to them anymore, you'll find that those old demons start creeping up on you and you'll find that nothing's essentially changed.

If, however, they answer your question with stuff like CBT, DBT and/or EMDR, along with specific actionable steps and even group therapy as an option, you're in good hands. Also, make sure you have a good rapport with said therapist and can trust and feel comfortable talking about uncomfortable things with them. If you aren't feeling it, once again, kick 'me to the curb.

4) Finally, you cannot ignore the spiritual dimension of all this: Here's where the canned stuff you hate, but you know is true, comes in: more prayer, more church, more Bible and Christian book study, volunteer work, giving of alms, fasting, asceticism, forming a personal relationship with your paster/priest/Spiritual Father/etc. There's no way around this: If you don't have God at the center of your life, and forging a relationship with him and living a Christlike life as the cornerstone of your healing journey, everything else I've said is doomed to fail.

That's about it. If all this has no value to you, I don't know what else to do for you other than pray for you. God bless you and help you.

Autism general

Not OP but how can I fully accept Christ into my heart.
At times I can feel as if I walk with him, I feel so warm and right but most of the time I feel cold and alone and my prayers feel like mere words spoken into space.
I want to love him so much but I can feel myself resisting.
I can only assume that I don't feel deservant of him or something, I always fail him and myself even when he has blessed me with his grace.
Thank you to you and to anyone that can help me, may God love you.

You have to persist in times of dryness, that's the key. Eventually you will get back to it. Periods of dryness are tests, many great saints have experienced. That's why were given a brain and reason, not just feelings. Otherwise you're just follow spiritual hedonism to an extent. The devil can (and does) trick people into "feeling good" with all sorts of things, whether it be drugs, physical relations, or false spiritual things. Persist in prayer (and ideally the sacraments) during times of dryness, and the Lord will reward you. Did not King David feel despair? But he never moved his gaze of the Lord (well mostly, except when he was a horny boy).

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I just feel silly about it but I can't do it without feeling like i'd be a hypocrite.

OP here I have prayed about it, I think God laid on my heart that is in fact a sin, I have decided to delete all my misaki-chans.

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Praise God and good for you!

this is a weird thread but you done good

I realize it must be hard. God bless you and keep persevering.

I would advise you to stop looking at yourself, seriously.

Meditate on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the fact that He willingly died on the cross literally LITERALLY because He LOVES you, so much so that if you were literally the only sinner in the world He would do it all over again JUST FOR YOU.

I have felt a similar as as you, and op, literally everyone has. How could anyone love me when I am so wicked and weak and unfaithful? But He does, O so mercifully does He condescend to listen to me and my sinners prayers. And He listens to yours too. So reach out to him.

God bless you, and I love you too

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes

Thank you my friend.
I will follow your word.

Good on you my friend!